单词 | serpentine verse |
释义 | > as lemmasserpentine verse b. In allusion to the representation of a serpent with its tail in its mouth. serpentine verse, a metrical line beginning and ending with the same word. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > other types of line underverse1579 recurrent1605 serpentine verse1605 acatalectic1611 rumbler1670 Pindaric1697 quadruped1800 octonarius1819 asynartete1830 pada1855 chronostichon1859 jingle-jangle1864 sevener1920 1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 26 Our Poets hath their knacks..as Ecchos, Achrostiches, Serpentine verses,..&c. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Serpentine verses, are those which do, as it were, run into themselves, as we see Serpents pictured with tail in mouth. < as lemmas |
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